Every Tuesday afternoon, organic produce grown on Cornell's Dilmun Hill Student Organic Farm is sold on the Ag Quad. The farm also hosts work parties where volunteers can help farm and buy vegetables. (July 11, 2008)
Cornell president David Skorton will co-chair a regional economic development council tasked by Gov. Cuomo with stimulating and aiding businesses to grow. (July 29, 2011)
As the NYS Seed Testing Lab at the NYS Ag Experiment Station celebrates its centennial, Joyce Wicksall has a unique view - She's worked there for more than half of its 100-year history.
Researchers are testing the algae that's a biofuel byproduct as a protein-rich source of feed to supplement or replace some corn and soybean meal mix traditionally given to food-producing animals
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is investing $25M in a project, hosted at Cornell, that seeks to improve cassava crops in sub-Saharan Africa. (Nov. 30, 2012)
Cornell's Scott Peters, associate professor of education, researches the public mission of American higher education and helped celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Morrill Land Grant Act in June. (June 28, 2012)
The Cornell Vegetable Program is looking at how to promote the growing and marketing of such ethnic vegetables as shiso, maxixe, tasoi and komatsuna. (Jan. 11, 2012)
Global Grand Challenges Symposium brought together faculty, administrators and guests to discuss challenges on which Cornell should place emphasis and resources in 2019-2020.
The high price of food and unstable prices worldwide are issues requiring separate solutions, economists Chris Barrett and Marc Bellemare argue in a new article in Foreign Affairs. (July 14, 2011)
More than 70 high school students learned about sustainable and just community food systems June 28-30 at Cornell's first Youth Grow Summit. (July 6, 2011)